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Budget is not in shape for age of uncertainty

Australia’s fiscal position is anything but healthy. If we don’t take serious action soon we will be unable to respond to global shocks – which are...

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Richard Holden

Musk isn’t the only one who wants to know what you did last week

Bosses across the world want the same thing, as do many employees, especially those whose work is often invisible. It can be difficult to answer.

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Pilita Clark

The age of uncertainty calls for a new reform era

The Summit is an opportunity to drive an important conversation about how we can develop a policy framework that enables Australia to ride out the...

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The Afr View

Megatrends that will trump any MAGA trend

Businesses, investors and the wider community in Australia and beyond can’t let short-term squalls blow us off our long-term course to cut carbon...

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Matt Kean

Trump’s tariff puts Australia in hard place between iron ore and China

If Australia wants to negotiate an exemption to US tariffs, it will need to convince the White House it will fight Chinese subsidies while not...

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Susan Stone

Public servants will be back in office five days a week under the Coalition

There are many talented, driven people in the Australian Public Service. And if elected, I want them to come back to the office with me.

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Jane Hume

Trump marches on regardless of US allies

The frantic manoeuvring over Ukraine is one more aspect of the revolution the US president is imposing on a deeply worried world. What happens next?

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Jennifer Hewett

Albanese is as misinformed on the US alliance as live-fire drills

The petulant demand of tribute to the Trump empire and his transactional ethos surely now challenges the agreed balance sheet between Australia and...

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James Curran

Trump is rootin’ for Putin

It was a sickening spectacle. The man who tried to upend democracy bullying the man who is fighting for democracy, writes Maureen Dowd.

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Maureen Dowd

Beware the ‘misleading’ label on your super

A former chief investment officer has questioned the labelling of high-growth default options and criticised the concentration of assets in the US...

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Tony Boyd

This three-point plan can restore respect for taxpayers’ money

The three major announcements by the two major parties so far this election year perfectly encapsulate everything that is wrong with Australian...

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Steven Hamilton

Zelensky was right. But he didn’t read the MAGA room

The best outcome for Australia would be if Trump is pursuing a grand China strategy. But we also need to hedge against him cutting deals with tyrants.

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The Afr View

Chinese warships a wake-up call to step up our maritime security

The clear and present China threat that sailed so close to home must mobilise the political class to take action.

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The Afr View

Albanese hit hard by live fire from all sides

From Chinese warships, to Trump’s tariffs, to Australia’s sense of itself, Anthony Albanese is struggling to show he has convincing answers.

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Jennifer Hewett

Trump reaching out to Putin is no ‘reverse Nixon’

The Pollyannaish claim that the US president is playing diplomatic chess to isolate Russia from China is a fantasy.

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Richard Mcgregor

Big super goes all-in on Trump’s economic agenda

The super machine started by Paul Keating is set to bet more of Australian workers’ retirement incomes on Trump’s low-tax, smaller-government plan...

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Michael Stutchbury

Qatar-Virgin takeoff is good news. But it is still an airline duopoly

It’s time to plan for the only long-term hope for new entries and greater competition – the opening of Sydney’s second airport.

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Peter Harbison

Supermarkets aren’t price-gouging, but try telling that to politicians

The pricing and profits at Coles and Woolworths are set to become a political football again on the eve of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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Robert Hadler

Labor still lacks real aviation competition policy

The proposal to turn nationalised Rex into TWU Airlines is another sign that Labor remains all too open to political interventions in the aviation...

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The Afr View

Here’s what the latest gender pay data can tell you about your workplace

Evidence shows that improved gender equality leads to improved productivity and profitability and the ability to access broader pools of talent.

27.02.2025 2

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Mary Wooldridge

Labor wants to define Dutton before he does it himself

Raising the share allegations is not to resolve them one way or another, but to throw mud on the cusp of an election in the hope people believe the...

27.02.2025 2

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Phillip Coorey

Timing of health insurance rise another sign an election is nigh

In the current environment, no such proclamation would be complete without the counterfactual, otherwise known as Peter Dutton.

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Phillip Coorey

Ukraine pays the price for Trump’s desire for headlines

The deal Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is being forced to sign highlights the confusion in business and politics created by Donald Trump’s...

27.02.2025 2

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Jennifer Hewett

Good regulation could be the making of private markets

The goal should be a regulatory circle that increases investor confidence and helps legitimise and spur growth of both private equity and private...

26.02.2025 2

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The Afr View

There is no respect for taxpayers in the election

The $20 billion-plus spendathon is increasingly being whacked on the national credit card for working-age people and future generations to foot the...

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John Kehoe

Fatima Payman’s backflip on Iranian women’s rights is a betrayal

I spent 804 days imprisoned in Iran. The senator’s surname means “alliance”, but to those of us who care about human rights in the Islamic...

26.02.2025 3

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I once said Trump was no fascist. I may have been wrong

The first thing aspiring totalitarians do is conduct a purge of the military, so that loyalists can be installed. This is exactly what the US...

26.02.2025 3

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Edward Luce

Why we still need expert reviewers in a populist age

The more information there is in the world, the more we need simple signals of elite status to cut through it all.

26.02.2025 2

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Janan Ganesh

Tips for reading the polling on who will win the election

In the years since Hawke won government, the Labor vote has moved steadily up the income range, from tradies to very well-paid professionals,...

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John Black

Thank you, Catherine Livingstone, for telling the truth about Oz unis

The UTS chancellor should also call for a commission to set up an Australian university ranking system focused on local student satisfaction and...

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Salvatore Babones